"variable abbreviation"	variable name	measurement										
"isnumber"	numeric code for each sepcific polciy issues from proposal cases in the selected datatset											
"isnrnmc"	Numerica identifier for each issues (code for issue 1-350)											
"prnr"	abbreviated interinstitutional code. (For example, d00032 means COD/2000/030)											
"isname"	short string identifier for issue-related proposal											
"isnr"	abbreviated interinstitutional code with specific issue number suffix											
"eulegactor"	identifier for each EU decision-makers in the DEUIII dataset codes	number of legislators that took positions during the legislative process  										
"po.position"	Outcome score of policy position presented by EU decision-makers.											
"precongruence"	a dichotomous measure of whether or not the stakeholders’ opinions in line with the positions taken by member states in the Council. 	0=incorguence | 1=congruence										
												
"pos.interest"	positive opinions of interest groups	number of positive opinions of interest groups expressed during the consultation (relative value: I count the number of positive and negative opinions by using a ‘relative value’ (see Dür and Mateo 2013 for a similar approach). For instance, relative positive value: (number of positive opinions - number of negative opinions) / (number of positive opinions + number of negative opinions). 										
"neg.interest"	negative opinions of interest groups	number of negative opinions of interest groups expressed during the consultation										
"pos.nonstate"	positive opinions of non-state groups	number of the positive opinions of non-state groups expressed during the "consultation"										
"neg.nonstate"	negative opinions of non-state groups	number of negative opinions of non-state groups expressed during the consultation										
"cate.eulegact"	category of decision-makers	the main EU legislator is the Commission, the EP or the Council										
actcom	EU decision-making actor	0=EU decision-maker is not the Commission | 1= EU decision-maker is the Commission										
"actboepcou"		0=EU decision-makers is not the EP and the Council | 1= EU decision-makers is both the Council and EP										
"actcou"		0=EU decision-makers is not the Council | 1=EU decision-makers is the Council										
"deu.duration"	Legislative duration 	the number of days between the initial legislative proposals and the signature of final acts.										
"leg.duration"	longer duration means that it was exceeded the average time of a legislative proposal from initiation to adoption.	0=shorter legislative duration compared to median score of legislative duration (<598)										
		1= longer legislative duration compared to median score of legislative duration (>598)										
"novelty"	Novelty of act	whether the act is a new proposal or simply an amendment to an existing EU legislation (1=new, 0=amendment)										
"policychange"	The magnitude of policy change introduced during the negotiation	the number of EP amendments tabled at the first reading										
"complexity"	Complexity of legislative act	the number of EP committees involved in debating the proposal or types of legislative procedures 										
"salience"	Salience of policy issue	The number of statements made by civil society groups in the selected media outlets and the number of stakeholders under discussion in the consultation activities.										
"contestation"	Contestation of policy issues	Number of controversial issues in the Commission proposal										